Birthday Celebrations at the Hyatt
By Wanda on May 9, 2008 in Family, Australia
Paula and I both celebrate our birthday’s next week and as I will be in Brisbane we decided to treat ourselves to lunch at the Hyatt hotel in Canberra a week ahead of time.
Demelza was home from school with a sore foot? so we took her with us for the experience. I had only given her 5 minutes notice to get ready and I think it shows.
The cost of the buffet is $35.00 per person and drinks and tea are not included. Something I had forgotten as in the US, soft drinks, tea and coffee are included in price.
As always the food was excellent. I have been to the Hyatt a number of times and the quality of the food is always of a high standard and the service is alway impeccable.
The hot course consisted of Roast Lamb in a jus sauce, steamed fish, pasta, potates, beans, and the most delicious spicy chicken. The cold course consisted of ham, salami, smoked salmon and a variety of salads. This is the first time I have been when the weren’t any prawns, mussels or oysters on the menu. The choice of dishes appeared smaller than usual but I think I am still in the mindset of the buffets in Las Vegas where the service areas are huge.
Our waitress was very attentive and ensured that we had everything we needed.
Demelza and Paula quickly downed the main course so that they could proceed to the desserts, the creme brulee being a favourite.
As this is a milestone year for me, it had been our plan to celebrate this year’s birthday at the Eiffel Tower in Paris but it wasn’t to be. We did have a mini celebration (we have lots of these) at the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas.
Our birthdays are two days (and many years) apart and we like to celebrate with a couple of nice meals and often a facial, massage and maybe a trip to Sydney to Star City.
I actually ended up having a spoil me day all round as I went for dinner with Phillip and Alan, two very special friends of mine, at their new house. Of course I bored them silly about my trip but they were very polite and listened intently.
Canberra is beautiful at this time of the year, with the leaves on the trees turning to varying shades of gold and brown and I thought this beautiful old tree typified the scenery around town at the moment. Mind you it is just as beautiful in the Spring.
1 Comment(s)
By Jenny on May 30, 2008 | Reply
Hello there Aunty Wanda - Happy Birthday! - a bit late I know. I am glad you had a great day.
Lots of love from us all in NZ